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| Trump calls former secretary of state Rex Tillerson 'dumb as a rock' – live | Trump calls former secretary of state Rex Tillerson 'dumb as a rock' – live |
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| Abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s debut on the $20 bill has been delayed until after Donald Trump leaves office, Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said yesterday. | |
| Tubman was supposed to appear on the $20 in 2020, under an Obama administration initiative that would have made Tubman the only woman or person of color on an American note. Tubman escaped enslavement, rescued at least 70 people enslaved people on the underground railroad and campaigned for women’s rights. | |
| Mnuchin said the bill release would be delayed until at least 2026, leaving former president and slaveholder, Andrew Jackson, as the famous face on the $20 bill. | |
| Mnuchin did this out of concerns the president would cause an uproar about the bill’s redesign, according to the New York Times, citing senior Treasury department officials. | |
| Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to Barack Obama, said of Mnuchin’s announcement: “Not moving forward is an insult not just to the African American community, but to all Americans who believe we should honor an American who contributed so greatly to the nation’s history.” | |
| Trump opposed the decision to put Tubman on the $20 while running for president in 2016, saying she should be put on the much less common $2 bill instead. | |
| Jackson signed the Indiana Removal Act of 1830, which forced thousands of Native Americans off their lands, including the forced relocation of about 16,000 Cherokees in what became known as the Trail of Tears. | |
| Jackson’s portrait hangs in the Oval Office and Trump has praised him for being a populist. | |
| Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign released a list of 56 legal cases she worked on during her time as a law professor on Wednesday night, just before a Washington Post investigation with more detail on the cases was published. | |
| Together, the list and investigation provide the most in-depth information released on Warren’s legal work, which dates back to at least 1991. | |
| It is not uncommon for a law professor to also do legal work, which led some to criticize the Post investigation. Others championed Warren for managing to work on so many cases while having a robust academic career. | |
| Warren is a nationally recognized expert in bankruptcy law and served on government advisory panels in the 1990s and 2000s before running for office for the first time in 2012. | |
| Trump’s former secretary of state Rex Tillerson told a Congressional committee this week that Vladimir Putin out-prepared Donald Trump during their 2017 meeting in Germany. | Trump’s former secretary of state Rex Tillerson told a Congressional committee this week that Vladimir Putin out-prepared Donald Trump during their 2017 meeting in Germany. |
| Tillerson told lawmakers the conversation, which was supposed to be short, turned into a two hour meeting that surveyed geo-political issues, according to the Washington Post, which cited anonymous sources. | Tillerson told lawmakers the conversation, which was supposed to be short, turned into a two hour meeting that surveyed geo-political issues, according to the Washington Post, which cited anonymous sources. |
| “Committee aides said that Tillerson refrained from openly disparaging the president but that his inability to answer certain questions was revealing,” the Post reported. | “Committee aides said that Tillerson refrained from openly disparaging the president but that his inability to answer certain questions was revealing,” the Post reported. |
| Trump appointed Tillerson to one of the most senior positions in American government and in response to the report tweeted that Tillerson was “a man who is ‘dumb as a rock’ and totally ill prepared and ill equipped to be Secretary of State.” | Trump appointed Tillerson to one of the most senior positions in American government and in response to the report tweeted that Tillerson was “a man who is ‘dumb as a rock’ and totally ill prepared and ill equipped to be Secretary of State.” |
| Tillerson has made few public comments about Trump since he was fired in March 2018. | Tillerson has made few public comments about Trump since he was fired in March 2018. |
| When Tillerson was critical of Trump in a December 2018 review, the president also responded that his appointee was “dumb as a rock.” | When Tillerson was critical of Trump in a December 2018 review, the president also responded that his appointee was “dumb as a rock.” |
| Some context on this choice - it came after Trump aides chucked the transition plan and as Trump’s current lawyer, Giuliani, tried unsuccessfully for Sec of State job. Bob Gates and Condi Rice recommended Tillerson. Trump thought he had “the look.” https://t.co/G4S7aYMvMh | Some context on this choice - it came after Trump aides chucked the transition plan and as Trump’s current lawyer, Giuliani, tried unsuccessfully for Sec of State job. Bob Gates and Condi Rice recommended Tillerson. Trump thought he had “the look.” https://t.co/G4S7aYMvMh |
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| Donald Trump abruptly left a meeting with Democratic leaders yesterday, making the extraordinary declaration he would not work with Democrats unless they stopped investigations into the Mueller report findings and Trump’s business dealings. | Donald Trump abruptly left a meeting with Democratic leaders yesterday, making the extraordinary declaration he would not work with Democrats unless they stopped investigations into the Mueller report findings and Trump’s business dealings. |
| White House aides have downplayed Trump’s threat, which comes as Democrats weigh impeachment. | White House aides have downplayed Trump’s threat, which comes as Democrats weigh impeachment. |
| House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has been reluctant to back impeachment proceedings but she will face pressure today from members of her party who support its symbolic value as well as using it as a tool to access documents Trump is trying to stop Congressional investigators from getting. | House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has been reluctant to back impeachment proceedings but she will face pressure today from members of her party who support its symbolic value as well as using it as a tool to access documents Trump is trying to stop Congressional investigators from getting. |
| This morning, Trump called his former Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, “dumb as a rock” following reports that Tillerson testified this week that Vladimir Putin was more prepared than Donald Trump for their 2017 meeting in Hamburg, Germany. | This morning, Trump called his former Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, “dumb as a rock” following reports that Tillerson testified this week that Vladimir Putin was more prepared than Donald Trump for their 2017 meeting in Hamburg, Germany. |